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One of the leading lights of the late 1960?s blues boom, The Climax Blues Band was formed in Stafford, England in 1968. Renowned for their musical virtuosity, the scorching lead guitar work of Peter Haycock and the multi-instrumental skills of Colin Cooper, they were as well-loved on the college scene as in the record store and would soon build a huge and loyal following across Europe while conquering the charts in the mid-seventies with the perennially popular FM hits ?Couldn?t Get It Right? and ?I Love You?. Brilliantly conceived as those singles were they were somewhat atypical since the band?s repertoire was steeped in a harder rocking blues sound. Like their American counterparts Canned Heat the CBB boys knew their roots stuff inside out and were men operating in what was often a boy?s world driven by fashion rather than innate knowledge of the American delta.

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17 years of Musical Genius and the best Guinness in town.

We continue to put on a wide range of music here at Katie Fitzgeralds from singer/ songwriters to Blues , Folk, Jazz, Rockabilly , Pop , Indie, metal and world music. We also host Katiesfest every year featuring a wide range of younger artists plus the Stourbridge Folk Festival and once a month Stourbridge Folk Club in the cellar bar .

Jam Night...
Every second Thursday night of the month in the upstairs bar.

Irish Sessiun...
Every Wednesday night in the upstairs bar.

Katie Fitzgeralds has built a reputation for live music and parties but it's about more than that its also about history and tradition.

Originally a private house the building is over 200 years old and has been a pub since the 1830 Beer Act.

In the 19th century it would have been home to foundry workers and boatmen and would have looked out across to the Stourbridge canal arm where Foster and Rastrick built the Stourbridge Lion the first steam locomotive to run on rails in the USA.

Originally known as the Golden Lion it later became known as the Stourbridge Lion and then in 2000 it
became our home and was renamed in honour of Trina's grandmother Katie Fitzgerald who was born in Cloyne County Cork.

Trina is related to Irelands most famous hurling player Christy Ring, a son of Cloyne and is also cousin of Donal ag Cusack , Irelands first openly gay sportsman.

187 Enville Street,

Stourbridge,

West Midlands,

England,

DY8 3TB.

01384 374410